Auric Air Needs Caravan guys
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Auric Air Needs Caravan guys
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Just heard they are looking for experienced caravan drivers.
Mwanza, Tanzania.
cliff
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Just heard they are looking for experienced caravan drivers.
Mwanza, Tanzania.
cliff
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I went to their website looking for info, do they do any lodge flying. only flights I could find for them where in and out of Mwanza. Is that all they do, or do they do other stuff?
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Mwanza
Why are they having such problems getting experienced van drivers?? surely in todays climate this should not be a problem!! 
come on guys get out there.
come on guys get out there.
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If they were operating the F406 Caravan twin it would be a good gig. However, the C208 Caravan has only one engine. Anyone considering flying it should read these threads:
http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...-tanzania.html
http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...down-tanz.html
http://www.pprune.org/biz-jets-ag-fl...us-pc-12s.html
http://www.pprune.org/caribbean-lati...incidents.html
http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-general-a...ilure-tsv.html
http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...-whats-up.html
http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...-tanzania.html
http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...down-tanz.html
http://www.pprune.org/biz-jets-ag-fl...us-pc-12s.html
http://www.pprune.org/caribbean-lati...incidents.html
http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-general-a...ilure-tsv.html
http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...-whats-up.html
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Have flown over 2500 hours in vans, never had engine trouble. But there is a noticable difference between those engines that have been looked after and been operated gently and those that have at the other extreme been thrashed and treated like pistons.
Keep pushing any engine to it's limits and it degrade accordingly. I've flown a couple of vans that were operated by select pilots by the owners discretion. Those engines reached TBO with plenty of grunt left. Other vans flown by several different pilots seem to suffer a bit more. I think the issue would be the different operating styles of pilots, whilst if only one or two flew the aircraft the engine becomes in a way moulded to a particular style, also having your "own aircraft" creates a personal connection and a greater familiarity offering better oversight on it's performance and condition and a gentler touch.
I heard one operator in Botswana started a policy of each of their vans only being operated by two pilots. Making it their aicraft and their responsibility to ensure it's proper use.
I think PT-6's are great and far stronger than Garrets, it's a better suited engine to harsh conditions and the high demands of cycles and enviorment found in bush and remote operation.
Keep pushing any engine to it's limits and it degrade accordingly. I've flown a couple of vans that were operated by select pilots by the owners discretion. Those engines reached TBO with plenty of grunt left. Other vans flown by several different pilots seem to suffer a bit more. I think the issue would be the different operating styles of pilots, whilst if only one or two flew the aircraft the engine becomes in a way moulded to a particular style, also having your "own aircraft" creates a personal connection and a greater familiarity offering better oversight on it's performance and condition and a gentler touch.
I heard one operator in Botswana started a policy of each of their vans only being operated by two pilots. Making it their aicraft and their responsibility to ensure it's proper use.
I think PT-6's are great and far stronger than Garrets, it's a better suited engine to harsh conditions and the high demands of cycles and enviorment found in bush and remote operation.
Having flown both the PT6 and pistons, I would say if you were as nice to the PT6 as we were to pistons they would go well past TBO. ie: stage cooling planned descents etc.....
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Well said Carrier.These are a bunch of amateurs.As long as you know the right people and have a bit of money,you can pull anything off.Sad to see that anyone can run a charter company in Tanzania.
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Are you joking? Stage cooling in a turbine engine? Whomever gave you your training should have their certification removed. How do you stage cool something that is always on fire? Your ignorance of turbine engines is extraordinary.
Actually the statement was wrt soapbox cowboy's statement about thrashing it like a piston engine.
"But there is a noticable difference between those engines that have been looked after and been operated gently and those that have at the other extreme been thrashed and treated like pistons."
Pistons require a much greater degree of finesse to run reliably. turbines well we should go down now ok power to idle/nts/bottom of the green 60psi torque etc..... pratt/garrett/dart. once on the ground a 3 minute cooldown is advisable , otherwise watch the torques/temps and your golden.
"But there is a noticable difference between those engines that have been looked after and been operated gently and those that have at the other extreme been thrashed and treated like pistons."
Pistons require a much greater degree of finesse to run reliably. turbines well we should go down now ok power to idle/nts/bottom of the green 60psi torque etc..... pratt/garrett/dart. once on the ground a 3 minute cooldown is advisable , otherwise watch the torques/temps and your golden.
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Before this turns into yet another thread of people trying to outdo each other in their knowledge of turbine engines, does anyone know the requirements to work for them? Please and thanks.
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Hi!
Currently, they don't need pilots, but it could change soon. I did not hear any complaints from anyone working there. However, it IS Africa, so that in itself makes it very unlike any N. American job.
They fly schd runs from Mwanza to Bukova, and they do charter flights all over, mostly to mining locations. They have Caravans, a light twin, and maybe a C208???
I know a couple of pilots that work for them. If U have no Caravan experience, they send U to training at FlightSafety?? in the US, and U have to agree to fly for them for 2 years. If U are Caravan trained, they will take U right away.
Pilots live in Bukova, which is small, and very 3rd world. Mwanza, is nicer, and they planes go for MX in Nairobi, which is nicer still.
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Currently, they don't need pilots, but it could change soon. I did not hear any complaints from anyone working there. However, it IS Africa, so that in itself makes it very unlike any N. American job.
They fly schd runs from Mwanza to Bukova, and they do charter flights all over, mostly to mining locations. They have Caravans, a light twin, and maybe a C208???
I know a couple of pilots that work for them. If U have no Caravan experience, they send U to training at FlightSafety?? in the US, and U have to agree to fly for them for 2 years. If U are Caravan trained, they will take U right away.
Pilots live in Bukova, which is small, and very 3rd world. Mwanza, is nicer, and they planes go for MX in Nairobi, which is nicer still.
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Hi,
All very funny, those outside stories... Auric is doing better than the world thinks apparently, from ****ty a couple of years ago maybe, to 3 C208. For your information: Year of manufacturing: 2008, 2009, 2009/2010. Who does better? No incidents on them since new. Mwanza is the hub and that's where you live. Due to the schedule, one plane sits every night in Bukoba. Pilots are alternating nightstops there. Pay depends on experience and minimum 1000hrs as standard in Tz to sit in the van. Applying is also standard, email doesn't do anything. Show up and don't look like you've been out the night before. If you have experience on it, good. If not, we train you anyway. Looking for pilots? Yes, but if you're not in Tz with the license in your hand, you're already too late. It's pretty acute.
Hope to have relieved some questions!
All very funny, those outside stories... Auric is doing better than the world thinks apparently, from ****ty a couple of years ago maybe, to 3 C208. For your information: Year of manufacturing: 2008, 2009, 2009/2010. Who does better? No incidents on them since new. Mwanza is the hub and that's where you live. Due to the schedule, one plane sits every night in Bukoba. Pilots are alternating nightstops there. Pay depends on experience and minimum 1000hrs as standard in Tz to sit in the van. Applying is also standard, email doesn't do anything. Show up and don't look like you've been out the night before. If you have experience on it, good. If not, we train you anyway. Looking for pilots? Yes, but if you're not in Tz with the license in your hand, you're already too late. It's pretty acute.
Hope to have relieved some questions!